A Level Glossary of Terms Vol.2

What is the primary focus of synchronic linguistics?

• The historical development of languages over time

• The analysis of a language at a specific point in time

• The comparison of different languages

• The study of language acquisition in children

Which of the following best describes a "word sketch" in linguistics?

• A detailed etymology of a word

• A summary of a word's usage patterns and grammatical behavior

• A list of synonyms for a word

• A phonetic transcription of a word

What is a "lemma" in the context of linguistics?

• A root word and its inflected forms

• A synonym of a word

• A word's pronunciation guide

• A word's antonym

Which of the following best defines "collocation"?

• A random pairing of words

• A habitual combination of words that frequently occur together

• A list of all possible meanings of a word

• A word's etymological origin

What does the "Mutual Information Score" measure in linguistics?

• The frequency of a word in a text

• The strength of association between two words

• The grammatical correctness of a sentence

• The number of syllables in a word

What is the primary function of a "concordancer" in linguistic studies?

• To translate texts from one language to another

• To provide a list of all occurrences of a word in a text

• To generate synonyms for a given word

• To analyze the phonetic structure of words

In the context of linguistics, what is an "n-gram"?

• A single word in a text

• A sequence of 'n' items from a given text or speech

• A grammatical error in a sentence

• A type of phonetic transcription

What is the purpose of an "n-gram graph" in text analysis?

• To display the frequency of individual letters in a text

• To visually represent the frequency and relationship of n-grams in a text

• To show the grammatical structure of sentences

• To compare the length of different texts

How does a "word sketch" assist in understanding a word's usage?

• By providing a list of all possible translations

• By summarizing its grammatical and collocational behavior

• By offering a detailed historical background

• By listing all its antonyms

Which of the following is an example of a collocation?

• "Fast car"

• "Blue sky"

• "Run quickly"

• "Strong tea"